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Yapmak Gibi Verb Miş  /Prɪˈtend   Intransitive Transitive Numara

Level B1 
Kind verb
Front pretend 
IPA  /prɪˈtend   / verb [intransitive, transitive]
Back numara yapmak, gibi görünmek, -miş gibi yapmak
Back 2

pretend (verb)

 /prɪˈtend   / verb [intransitive, transitive]
 
1 to behave in a particular way in order to make other people believe sth that is not true
numara yapmak, gibi görünmek, -miş gibi yapmak
 You can't just pretend that the problem doesn't exist.
 Paul's not really asleep. He's just pretending.
 2 (used especially about children) to imagine that sth is true as part of a game
-miş gibi yapmak
 The kids were under the bed pretending to be snakes.
 We haven't got any plates so we'll have to pretend.
 

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